Healthy skin reflects outer beauty and inner health. Treat your skin both inside and out to create a radiant glowing complexion. . Internally, you can feed your skin through good nutrition and positive lifestyle changes. Taking healthy nutrients into the body is the best way to keep skin healthy. Vitamins A, E, and C improve [...]

Day 12 Take Care of Yourself and Enjoy the Holidays Taking care of yourself during the holiday season helps to keep your mind and body primed to deal with stress and muscle tension. Pay attention to your own needs and feelings and find ways to lessen stress and enhance your overall health. Our bodies have [...]

Day 11 Travel Right Sitting in cramped cars, trains or planes for long periods of time can be the recipe for muscle aches and pains. Taking a few simple precautions can make traveling fun and pain-free. The American Chiropractic Association offers the following health and wellness advice: Treat travel as an athletic event. Warm up [...]

Day 10 Wrap the Right Way Wrapping gifts can be a fun task in anticipation of the holidays, but it can also lead to back and neck pain. There are easy ways to avoid discomfort. Start by improving your posture. The American Chiropractic Association offers the following health and wellness advice: No matter what you’re [...]

Day 9 Enjoy Winter Activities The holiday season brings with it lots of winter activities such as sledding, skiing, skating, and shoveling. Unfortunately, those activities can also cause paiful muscle spasms, strains or tears. Take steps to avoid injury and pain. The American Chiropractic Association offers the following health and wellness advice: Winter recreational activities [...]

Day 8 Get a Good Night’s Sleep Many health problems that occur during the holiday season are simply due to fatigue. Getting enough rest recharges and renews our bodies for the next day’s challenges. With all the parties, the shopping, the decorating and the baking, sleep often takes a backseat during the holidays. But sleep [...]

Day 7 Consider Safety When Decorating Especially as we age, climbing ladders and bending and twisting when decorating the home and tree with holiday lights and ornaments can aggravate lower back pain and cause falls. As you decorate for the season, keep these health and safety tips in mind. Anyone can take a spill when [...]

Day 6 Relax and Rejuvenate Stress cam cause high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, muscle tension in the neck and back, irritability and many other problems. Manage your stress better so it doesn’t affect your holiday fun. The American Chiropractic Association offers the following heath and wellness advice: Stress has become a fact of life, and [...]

Day 5 Relieve Your Headache Naturally On top of your day-to-day activities, the added pressure of preparing for the holidays can make your head pound. Get natural relief from that headache before the festivities begin. The American Chiropractic Association offers the following health and wellness advice: If you have a headache, you’re not alone. Nine [...]

Day 4   Watch your back Low-back pain is a common complaint, affecting thousands year-round.  The holidays can put an even greater strain on your back-but there are things you can do to relieve or minimize your pain.               The American Chiropractic Association offers the following health and wellness advice: The combination of physical [...]